DWWWB Ch 3 part 3
by AnonAnemoneAs I stepped out of the restaurant, the night air, clear of the city’s exhaust fumes, hit my face.
“Huu.”
As I let out a sigh, PD Han started laughing while smoking his cigarette.
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“Hey, you need to calm your temper. You could have just laughed it off earlier. How could you drink three glasses of 25% soju in a row? You’re going to ruin your health.”
“Huu.”
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When I’m drunk, my thoughts begin to race, but my words come out slowly. I wanted to say, ‘You’re the one who turned me into a tank!’, but my tongue wouldn’t move.
“Want one?”
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I shook my head. While I did drink liquor, I never learned how to smoke. There’s a saying that the most important thing in one’s social life is not blood ties, school ties, or regional ties. It’s smoking… But that’s all bullshit.
The most important thing is fate. Fate.
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“Did you just curse? ‘You bitch’?”
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“Nooo.”
I drawled my words and sat down on a chair in the smoking area in front of the restaurant.
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“PD Han-nim! Aren’t you coming back inside?”
PD Han looked down at me with a cigarette in his mouth. He waved his hand to the speaker as if to tell them not to worry and go back inside.
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“Don’t go home without telling me. If you’re going to go, say something before you leave. Because I’ll be worried. Should I call Hyang-sook for you?”
Hyang-sook was my brother’s nickname. Because he looked pretty and he had a little sister whose name included the ‘mil’ from juniper trees, the nickname2 was spread all over town. That nickname still stuck with him until now.
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“It’s fine. It’s not like I’m a kid.”
“If I send you home alone like this, Hyang-sook will kill me.”
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I waved my hand again, telling him not to worry.
“Anyway, if you’re going home, just tell me. I’ll grab you a taxi.”
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I brought my head down between my knees and nodded. PD Han seemed like he was going back inside the restaurant, but then he came back out.
“Ah, I’m not going to run away. I told you I’d let you know when I leave.”
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When I raised my head, I saw Gong Mujin standing in the place where PD Han had been standing, holding up a paper cup to me. I was speechless for a moment and just blinked.
“Please drink this.”
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The large cup that Gong Mujin handed me was filled with ice water. Since I was thirsty, I obediently took the cup and gulped down the water.
“Aagh.”
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Because I drank the cold water so quickly, my head started to throb.
“Thank you.”
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I furrowed my brow and muttered my thanks. Meanwhile, Gong Mujin sat down next to me. The distance between his thighs, covered in his black slacks, and mine, which were in jeans, spanned a hand’s width.
The smoking area was a square pavilion. There were long benches on all sides and an ashtray-trashcan in the middle. I thought of the pavilion filled with the sweet scent of wisteria flowers, but instead of that fragrance, there was now a stench of stale cigarette smoke.
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But the vivid memories of that night came back to my mind. The memory of the man’s large arms that didn’t seem to know what to do as they held me. The innocent way he held his breath as he kissed me. The kiss gradually grew deeper, overwhelming me. The faint scent of green tangerines seeping into my ribs and touching my heart.
I looked at the profile of his face as if my eyes were drawn to it. He remained still, staring straight ahead.
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“Should we…”
Sometimes, when you’re drunk, your speech may be slow, but words that haven’t had a chance to pass through your brain tend to come out quickly.
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“Should we sleep together one more time?”
When he heard my question, Gong Mujin’s head slowly moved. He glared at me with contempt. I couldn’t understand what the cold anger in his eyes meant.
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“Is that your wish?”
He asked. His tone was haughty, as if he were asking if I was thinking of using the wish I had won from showing off my ability to drink soju.
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“What wish?”
I got up from my seat as I replied bitterly.
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“Then I guess I better find it from someone else.”
Gong Mujin was the only man for whom I had spread my legs. But I spat out that vulgar remark and pretended like it was nothing. My heart throbbed. I couldn’t even understand what I had been expecting with such a comment like that.
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Like Writer Park said, one bottle of 16.5% soju was my limit. One bottle of soju was seven and a half glasses. I drank six glasses of 25% soju, and I quickly finished them all. It means that I might not even remember this current situation tomorrow.
“Oh Milhee.”
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His captivating voice called out my name, and his hot hand grabbed my wrist.
“Go home.”
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As if I were possessed by evil spirits, I immediately sat back down on the bench in the pavilion.
I squeezed my eyes shut. And when I opened them, I was inside a taxi. There was someone sitting in the passenger seat.
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“Ah, Sunbae. I told you that you don’t have to take me. I can go by myself.”
I was rambling away when a voice cut me off.
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“Shut your mouth, Oh Milhee.”
The voice coming from the passenger seat was not PD Han. It was the man who had accompanied me to the Junggye-dong bank intersection back then.
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When I closed my eyes and opened them again, I was inside the apartment. I pushed aside Gong Mujin, who was supporting me, and walked to the main entrance. I was lucky that I didn’t have to crawl on all fours.
Even when we were dating, this man had only walked me up to the main entrance of the building. But now he got on the elevator with me. He watched me stand in front of my door, scan my fingerprint into the door lock, and grab the doorknob to open it. Once he saw this, he finally closed the elevator door.
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“Ugh, you smell like liquor!”
My blood-related brother, Hyang-sook, began to grumble.
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“Did you fall into a barrel of liquor and come home?”
Not alcohol poisoning3. Human poisoning. Gong Mujin is poisonous. Extremely poisonous. Even though I thought I had detoxed myself of him, I still hadn’t developed an immunity.
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“Eat this.”
My brother put a hangover cure in my hand. I collapsed onto the bed, holding something that looked like a stick of red ginseng in my hand.
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I’ll worry about tomorrow tomorrow. Let’s forget about the things I did while drunk and think about it when I sober up. It’s all the liquor that caused this, not me. This was the final wish of a drunkard.
[Sunbae, did you bring me home?]
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It took half a day for me to get a reply after sending that text. We were scheduled to film on the weekend, so even though today was a weekday, I had the day off.
[Ah, I’m dying. I just woke up. I heard that Athlete Gong Mujin sent you off in a taxi.]
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I was rolling around on the bed, hugging a bottle of water. When I saw the text, I widened my eyes in surprise. The three characters of the name Gong Mujin became a powerful hangover cure and made me come to my senses. An unpleasant heat clung to the back of my neck.
[Ah, really? I don’t really remember what happened yesterday, but I feel like I got home safely. I thought Sunbae brought me home. I guess I should thank Athlete Gong Mujin later.]
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As soon as I sent the message, I received an emoticon with a round, yellow face that had a sinister smile.
Did I do something embarrassing to Gong Mujin yesterday?
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I sent back an emoticon with a yellow, expressionless face and a line for a mouth.
[You’ve grown up quite well. I raised you well. You’re really good at taking the initiative.]
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Two clapping hands emoticons were posted in the chat. I remembered the scene from yesterday when Gong Mujin snatched my glass away and drank two glasses in a row before asking me if I would grant him a wish. Then I drank three more glasses and asked him if he’d grant my wish instead.
PD Han was either a natural at diverting a battle of energies between cast and production into something else or he was not very observant when it came to the nuances between men and women.
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[I was worried you were going to accept his request to grant his wish. I don’t think Gong Mujin would do that, but I was worried he’d bother the production team while we were filming. You did well, but take care of yourself. You could have just told him no. Why did you drink all that?]
Like PD Han said, Gong Mujin was not that mean of a person.
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But I think I was a bit mean yesterday… What did I do?
[I didn’t make any missteps yesterday, did I?]
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[You ran around like crazy by yourself and disappeared quietly. You didn’t make any missteps.]
That was good. I’m sure Gong Mujin politely called a taxi for me, that’s all.
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That had to be it. But on the road to Sokcho, the moment I saw the back of PD Han as he headed to the smoking area at the rest stop, my knees turned into jelly. I almost collapsed onto the asphalt of the parking lot while holding a rice cake in my hand.
‘Should we sleep together one more time?’
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I definitely said that.
And then what did Gong Mujin say to me? What happened next? Brain! Give me the trailer!
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The hippocampus of my brain went on strike as if it would no longer release the clips that it had saved. I felt like I had seen a shocking teaser for a show that my favorite person was going to appear in and then heard the news that the production of the show had failed and the show would not be aired after all.
What did he say? Gong Mujin definitely said something…
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“What is it PD Oh? What are you doing, standing there like that while holding rice cakes in both hands?”
Writer Park walked by, smiling as she held a convenience store bag in her hand.
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“Ah, I was going to give one to you, Writer Park.”
“I’m on a diet these days. Rice cakes are too high in calories.”
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“Then what are all those cookies?”
I asked as I pointed to the convenience store bag.
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“I can’t write a script without cookies. I can’t give these up.”
I couldn’t help but laugh at Writer Park’s selective diet.
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“Ah, Sunbae! Would you like to eat this?”
I grabbed PD Han as he was about to get on the bus.
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“I’m okay. I don’t eat rice cakes because I’m in the middle of getting a dental implant.”
He groaned, claiming he couldn’t eat both of them. Suddenly, a large hand stretched out and snatched one of the rice cake skewers.
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“I’ll eat it.”
It was Gong Mujin.
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“I guess the two of you have become very close. I heard you escorted her to a taxi that day we had the company dinner.”
Writer Park was just stating the facts, but I felt like I was already choking on the rice cakes before I even got to taste them.
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The bus left the rest area and arrived in Sokcho in the evening. It arrived late because we left after holding a final concept meeting at the broadcasting station this morning.
Starting tomorrow, we will begin full-scale filming on National Route 7. Since there will be a lot of filming on the road, we had to put a lot of effort into obtaining cooperation from the local governments.
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But even though they said it would be possible until yesterday, they suddenly contacted us this evening and told us it was longer possible. They said that a small sinkhole had formed when a water pipe burst and that emergency repairs were underway.
“Athlete Gong Mujin is in his room right now, right? PD Oh, go and tell him about the changes. If there are any sections that seem problematic during the ride, tell him to let us know.”
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“Right now?”
It was past 11 PM. PD Han had to continue the meeting with the director of photography and the writer. And the matter was too serious to be left to the AD.
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“Of course now. Do you want to tell him right before we start filming tomorrow?”
PD Han laughed as if I were being ridiculous. I nodded to indicate I understood and left PD Han’s room. This is why I really hate reality shows. They say they’re going to film an educational variety show, but they’re actually doing it like a reality show.
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I had no choice but to stand in front of Gong Mujin’s room.
“What’s going on?”
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The dull sound of the door closing behind me echoed in the hallway. I almost fainted at the sound even though it wasn’t very loud.
I hesitated for a while in front of Gong Mujin’s room before ringing the doorbell. When he opened the door and came out, we argued about whether I should speak to him inside or not. Ultimately, I ended up stepping into Gong Mujin’s room. If I had known this would happen, I would not have been so stubborn. I would have just come in and talked to him from the start. I began to regret everything.
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The guest room where Gong Mujin stayed was on a different level from the general rooms where the staff stayed. On one side of the corner window, I could see the long coastline of the East Sea. On the other side, I could see the vast ocean. The Sokcho Eye, which had become Sokcho’s new landmark, looked romantic. Like a toy in a fairytale.
“There was a problem with the road where we were supposed to film. I think we need to make some changes to the section.”
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He gestured to a round table. I placed my tablet PC on the table and showed him the revised section.
“Here, a water pipe burst and emergency repairs are underway. It will be difficult to film tomorrow, so we changed the road to this side. Is that okay?”’
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He walked up next to me and looked down at the tablet PC.
“I don’t think it matters to me.”
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“And you have to ride the Sokcho Eye tomorrow.”
Gong Mujin had definitely told me that he had a fear of heights. I recalled that particular memory.
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“So?”
He asked as he grabbed a bottle of wine from the mini-bar. He deftly uncorked it and filled a clear Bordeaux glass halfway with the red liquor.
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“Would you like some?”
He seemed to be asking out of courtesy. I shook my head.
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“If I drink carelessly, I noticed that it interferes with my sleep.”
I made an excuse for rejecting him, but he seemed to have a different interpretation.
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“Then do you prefer hard liquor?”
“No, I don’t like bitter drinks.”
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Despite my answer, he took out a bottle of yellow liquor from the mini-bar.
“This is a liquor I brought from France. It’s hard to find something like this in Korea.”
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The liquor he pulled out was Calvados. It was a brandy made by distilling apples, and while it was not well known in Korea, it was as popular as wine in France. It was also a strong drink with an alcohol content of over 40%.
He filled a crystal straight glass with Calvados. He poured the drink with such skill and elegance that I could barely recognize him.
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“One glass of this will help you sleep.”
He placed the crystal glass in front of me.
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‘Is that your wish?’
His response to my request to sleep together came to mind. I looked down at the glass of Calvados.
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Long ago, Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite fought over an apple inscribed with the words ‘For the most beautiful goddess’. Zeus, who did not want to incur the hatred of the three goddesses, appointed Paris, who would later become a major party in the Trojan War, as judge. The reason Paris was chosen as the judge was because he was the most handsome and the youngest.
The three goddesses each made different offers to the mortal Paris. Hera promised power and wealth. Athena promised wisdom and military success. And finally, Athena promised ‘the love of the most beautiful woman in the world’.
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Who did the handsome, young Paris choose?
The winner of the golden apple was Aphrodite.
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I stared down at the brandy that was being offered by the most beautiful man I knew in the world. I reached out. I drank the brandy in one gulp even though it wasn’t even a promise from Aphrodite for ‘the love of the most handsome man in the world’.
As I felt a sharp pain run down my throat, I thought to myself, ‘Paris loved Helen, the ‘most beautiful woman in the world’. And because he kidnapped her, a married woman, the infamous Trojan War began, and Troy was eventually destroyed.’
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I put the glass down on the table with a thud. Before I knew it, he was walking towards me.
“What is it that I must ride tomorrow?”
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His breath mixed with the sweet scent of wine crashed down on my temple. The pulse in my temples throbbed. The apple thrown in front of the goddesses was thrown by Eris, the goddess of discord. As if it were an ominous omen, I fearlessly swallowed the poisonous apple drink.
“A Ferris wheel.”
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Even though we were close enough, he drew even closer. Now I could not only feel his breath but also the heat radiating from his large body.
“You know I can’t go up to high places.”
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His quietly muttered words ran down my cheek, past my neck, and into my T-shirt. The lewd voice caressing my skin made me gasp.
“Will Miss Oh Milhee ride it with me?”
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My head turned as if it had a mind of its own. I don’t know why I felt so angry. I felt hot all the way to the top of my head because of this man who shook my insides as if he were on a mission to do so. Of course, Gong Mujin was always the one who took the wheel, no matter when or where. But this time, I wanted to be the one who decided which direction we went.
I reached out and grabbed his sturdy nape, pulling hard. His face came closer as if he would do whatever I wanted. Our breaths touched each other’s cheeks for a moment, and then our lips met. The fragrant wine and apple brandy mixed in my mouth. But the sweetest liquid that tickled my taste buds was the saliva that pooled between our mouths.
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As if he had finally found water after wandering in the desert for years, he inhaled my mouth. His rough tongue frantically rubbed against mine. A firm palm lifted my thigh. As his body drew closer, I tried to back away, but my bottom was soon placed on top of the table.
Naturally, I was perched on top of the table. My head was tilted back to its limit. He leaned down and plunged deeper into my mouth. He walked in between my spread legs. The object that had risen up between us poked my inner thighs and stomach.
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“Mmm.”
I moaned as his thick tongue and lips filled my mouth. The hand that had been pulling at his neck now desperately grabbed his forearm. The heat spread throughout my body, and even my closed eyelids seemed to be burning. I took a deep breath when our lips parted for a moment.
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He let out such a big sigh that his shoulders shook before bringing his lips to mine again. My body fell completely backwards. Goosebumps ran down my neck as it touched the cold table. When I flinched, he supported my neck with his left hand. The inside of my ribs tightened. He acted as if he knew exactly what made me uncomfortable and what I wanted.
A hot hand slipped underneath my T-shirt and pushed my bra away. The hand then gently grabbed my left breast as if soothing my aching heart. The skin that was not yet touched by his hands tingled, almost throbbing. It felt as if my whole body was screaming with desire. As if it remembered the ecstasy his touch brought every time he kneaded and caressed me.
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“Haa.”
His lips pulled away and brushed against my cheek before going down. It sucked my earlobe and then buried itself beneath my ear. Wherever his breath touched, my skin felt like melting ice. Meanwhile, the area between my thighs was throbbing and twitching due to the heightened sexual tension.
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“Stop!”
I barely managed to utter the words out loud. My voice sounded pitiful even to me. His lips stopped at the back of my neck. As his hand that had been caressing my chest slipped out of my T-shirt, my whole body trembled with regret. He lifted his body and straightened up.
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Because my eyes were wet, the yellow lights looked blurry. I wiped my eyes with the back of my hand, straightened my clothes, and got up.
“I’ll see you at the set tomorrow.”
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I bowed in farewell and tried to turn around as if nothing had happened.
“They say apples are the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.”
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He recited in a hushed, muffled voice. Some say that the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Bible was an apple while others say it was a peach.
I stopped walking and turned around to look at him. His wet hair was disheveled, and the front of his bathroom was parted even more than before, revealing his muscular chest. Seeing him stand there with his thigh sticking out so provocatively, I wanted to climb on top of him right away.
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“The reason God created the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil was to give us free will to decide our fate. It meant that he gave us the opportunity to start a new life.”
The debate over the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil is always heated. People come to different conclusions about the same thing depending on the era. In the world that Gong Mujin and I are now in, the wine made from apples has become the ‘free will that determines one’s fate’. And I drank that wine and kissed Gong Mujin.
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Was that kiss the beginning of the fate that my free will had decided on?
“New life.”
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I muttered the words that he had uttered, and he was watching to see what I would say next.
“Starting a new life with someone in the past seems like an act of blasphemy to the god who gave us the free will to decide our own destiny. It seems like an act of human foolishness. I’m sorry. I made a mistake.”
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I grabbed the doorknob, forcing back the urge to run back to him right away.
“Only you know about my fear of heights, PD Oh.”
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He muttered in a dry tone as if he was now back to his professional, business-like self.
“I would like to ride the Ferris wheel tomorrow with just you. Without any other production staff present.”
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He made the polite request because he did not want the world to know about his shameful phobia.
“Yes, I will make that happen.”
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After exchanging farewells, I left the room. My mind was a mess, perhaps because I was drunk on the liquor or drunk on the man.
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